I'm in the process of building Front and Rear Bumpers for my 87 4Runner. I'm useing C-Channel. What is the best way to build a front bumper for a winch to seat on top? I'm not looking for anything special. I just want something simple. I got a welder, Torch, Plasma, Stick welder,And Tig. . What is best to use for welding this Mig or Stick? Also where can I buy Pre build Sliders for a cheap price? Weld on or Bolt on. I just need some guidance on whats the best

 

i've used wire feed on all my stuff, i'm in the process of fabbing a winch mount for my front bumper.

trail-gear has cheap prices on rock sliders.

 

As far as I'm concerned, MIG is the way to go. It's much cleaner than flux core wire feed. Old school welders can use stick to make 'em look like a MIG, but it's a bit harder.

I built a bumper for my 87 also. I've got a 9k winch.
To start with, I knew that I didn't want the winch to impact air flow to the radiator, as I'd had issues with that on a previous truck. I also knew that a 9k winch could provide tugs of over 9,000 lbs when really yanking on something, so securing it is a very big concern.

Basically I bought the FROR kit to reinforce the front cross member.
Then I added to extra mounting points in the center of that cross member, making sure to brace them for front-to-rear load:



After that, I built the "box" for mounting the winch, making sure it was low on the 4runner, so it didn't block the radiator, and strong enough to handle the winch:







The rest? Well.. Using the winch as the main structure of the bumper, I built a tube bumper around it:

 

^^^ Pretty nice!

 

Sliders: http://www.wabfab.org/products/sliders/sliders.htm

Front winch bumper mount: http://www.wabfab.org/products/bumpers/bumpers.htm

I have some of the DOM sliders on my 85 and the front winch bumper mount for building my front bumper...both are very nice products at great prices.

 

FROR?


Wabfab... i have a 90 4runner... you have any winch plates for it? yours says UP TO 89...

 

Front Range Off Road

Sorry, not yet.

 

What about rear bumpers?

 

What about them? Do I have any? Nope, not yet. I've got to concentrate on what I fab now and the products I have...as I won't have any more time for R & D on new stuff until after SE4RJ4.

 

Do you have any designs that are simple or know of any 4runner with simple rear bumpers?

 

... i want a winch plate. *runs off & cries in corner* wahh. :-P

eh, it's cool. I guess i'll have to fab something up... or just wait till you can come up w/ one for my year/model. i've got time, i do afterall have to get the truck up & running first. ... wouldn't make much sense to have a nice shiny winch & bumper w/ a non-running truck now would it?

 

www.allprooffroad.com and www.marlincrawler.com has front and rear bumpers.